2012
DOI: 10.3916/c38-2012-03-04
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The Academic Use of Social Networks among University Students

Abstract: This paper examines the academic use made of the social networks by university students through a survey conducted among a representative sample of students at Universidad de Málaga (Spain) (n=938) and two discussion groups. Given that network consumption has profoundly penetrated the daily routines of the students, the vast communication possibilities of these channels could be considered for educational use in the future despite a predominance of entertainment-related use. We discuss the most suitable networ… Show more

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“…It simply implies that the more patronage in terms of visitation, the more the profile of these sites in terms of use by the respondents. The result on the extent of usage is in consonance with the findings of Marisol, Sergio and Pedro (2012) who also reported high usage of Facebook social media network among students and researchers, as these sites support information sharing, group work, research collaboration, networking, amongst others. It also corroborates with the findings of Eke, Omekwu, and Odoh (2014), who reported high usage of Facebook, Google+, WhatsApp and YouTube social media sites amongst undergraduate students.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 78%
“…It simply implies that the more patronage in terms of visitation, the more the profile of these sites in terms of use by the respondents. The result on the extent of usage is in consonance with the findings of Marisol, Sergio and Pedro (2012) who also reported high usage of Facebook social media network among students and researchers, as these sites support information sharing, group work, research collaboration, networking, amongst others. It also corroborates with the findings of Eke, Omekwu, and Odoh (2014), who reported high usage of Facebook, Google+, WhatsApp and YouTube social media sites amongst undergraduate students.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 78%
“…Pese a los datos ofrecidos por Duart (2011) y la OCDE (2015, que identifican el crecimiento de iniciativas en utilización de las TIC, las investigaciones recientes apuntan que los profesores universitarios todavía no las están integrando o que su utilización es dispar entre ellos (Gómez, Roses, y Farias, 2012;Martínez-Serrano y Ferraz-daCunha, 2016). Marcelo, Yot y Mayor (2015) remarcan que sólo un 16.7% del profesorado universitario de su estudio integra las TIC como apoyo para desarrollar sus actividades docentes.…”
Section: Estado De La Cuestión De Las Tecnologías En La Educación Supunclassified
“…Algunos autores identifican el salto generacional o su destreza en el uso (Gómez, Roses, y Farias, 2012) o la edad y la experiencia docente (Salcines-Talledo, González-Fernández y Briones, 2017); mientras que otros descartan tanto estos factores (Marcelo, Yot, y Mayor, 2015) como el género y el ámbito disciplinario (Salcines-Talledo, González-Fernández y Briones, 2017). Sevillano-García y Vázquez-Cano (2015) consideran que se trata de un fenómeno más global, entendiendo que la falta de mención expresa de las TIC en las guías docentes, la falta de liderazgo institucional y las actitudes y creencias son factores que frenan la incorporación de las TIC.…”
Section: Estado De La Cuestión De Las Tecnologías En La Educación Supunclassified
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